Tarak

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Tariq in PK Pakistan, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 11 more, Tarik in MA Morocco, DE Germany, NL Netherlands and 8 more and ทารักษ์ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Tarak is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name6.9K records spelled Tarak8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Tàràk, Târâk, Tãraek, Tãräk

• Turkish given name5.4K records spelled Tarak4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Türkiye, Tunisia

  Also written Tãrak

• Spanish given name489 records spelled Tarak5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Argentina, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Tåřàk, Ťàřaķ, Tặrặk

• Hebrew given name168 records spelled Tarak2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Israel

  Also written תראק

• Ukrainian surname163 records spelled Tarak6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, India, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Тарак

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Tarak is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Filipino, act of stabbing and leaving it embedded in the flesh (with a knife, dagger, etc.)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, comb (toothed implement for grooming the hair)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In phi-pro, to distribute an inheritance (?)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In vo, dandelion (plant)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In iba, student; pupil

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In tsg, truck

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 87 years between 1918–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 198 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tarak?

We estimate roughly 18 thousand people bear Tarak (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Tarak have the most bearers?

Tarak is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled tarak.

How common is Tarak compared with other names?

In Pakistan, Tarak is the 15th most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.

Is Tarak a male or female name?

Tarak is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Tarak mean?

Recorded meaning: vrsta grebena u mutavdžinici, čunak